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Willem Mengelberg’s fascinating yet controversial Beethoven interpretations proliferate on numerous independent historic labels, with production values and transfer quality ranging from execrable to excellent. Teldec’s
Conductors seem inclined to take one of two basic interpretive approaches to Mahler’s Fourth Symphony: the first emphasizes the work’s Viennese classical poise and balance;
At long last, the artistry of Eduard van Beinum has found its way onto reissues. Music and Arts focuses on the underrated Dutch conductor’s pre-LP
With a more virtuoso orchestra and a less cavernous recorded sound, these performances could have been memorable. Dutch conductor Eduard van Beinum knew how to
Willem Mengelberg belonged to a generation of Tchaikovsky conductors like Koussevitsky and Stokowski, who brought out the emotional tension in these works through frequent tempo
Vladimir Horowitz preferred Bruno Walter as a concerto collaborator to his redoubtable father-in-law Arturo Toscanini, and it shows in these broadcast performances. The sound is
While the Philips and Lys releases of Mengelberg’s live 1940 Beethoven cycle incorporate the conductor’s studio “Eroica” from the same year, Grammofono includes a live
